May Measurement Month 2022: results from the global blood pressure screening campaign
MMM confirms a high global burden of hypertension with low rates of awareness, treatment and control. In the absence of systematic BP screening in many countries, the results from MMM underscore the continued need for BP screening to detect and thereby control raised BP.
Authors
- Thomas E Beaney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9709-7264)
- Ji‐Guang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8511-1524)
- George S. Stergiou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6132-0038)
- Patricio López‐Jaramillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9122-8742)
- Gaia Kiru
- Markus Peter Schlaich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1765-0195)
- Gabriele Keziah Kerr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3170-3211)
- Aletta Elisabeth Schutte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9217-4937)
- Neil R Poulter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6292-997X)
- Luis Alcocer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1657-1695)
- Alejandro Bimbo F Diaz
- Marcos J. Marín
- Harsha McArdle
- Rafael Henandez-Hernandez
Institutions
- University of Santo Tomas Hospital (PH)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (VE)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Royal Perth Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Universidad De Santander (CO)
- Sotiria General Hospital (GR)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016557
- Citations
- 41
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 16.48
Funders
- Pfizer
- AstraZeneca
- Sanofi
- Wellcome Trust
- ReCor Medical
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Imperial College London
- Servier
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Daiichi Sankyo Europe